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Man,	a	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ man:	Man sembal, a certain man.
	the

NOUN.

Is of one uniform declension in four cases: nominative (subject); genitive (possessive); dative (indirect objective); accusative (direct objective); thus—

	Singular.			Plural (see note 4, page 13).
Nom.	Dom	a	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ house.	Doms the houses.
		the
Gen.	Doma of $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	a	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ house.	Domas of the houses.
		the
Dat.	Dome to $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	a	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ house.	Domes to the houses.
		the
Acc.	Domi	a	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ house.	Domis the houses.
		the

Every noun in the language follows this declension; i. e. the nominative is changed by a, e, and i to the genitive, dative, and accusative respectively, and s added to each case gives its plural.

(See page 33.)

PRONOUNS.

(a) Personal.

Singular.		Plural.
Ob	I	Obs	We
Ol	Thou (you)	Ols	You
Om	He	Oms	They (masc.)
Of	She	Ofs	They (fem.)
Ok	Self	Oks	Selves
On	One	Ons	You (form of etiquette, rarely used)
Os	It

(These follow the declension of nouns, and ol (thou) should be used when a single person is meant.)

(b) Possessive.

Is formed by adding ik to the personal pronoun; thus: Obik, obsik, My, our, etc. They are used adjectively (in which case they follow the noun and are not declined) and pronominally (in which case they are declined); thus —